Harvard College, A.B., mcl, 1959, Phi Beta Kappa; James Gordon Bennett annual prize for best undergraduate thesis on contemporary American politics
Oxford University (Lincoln College), England, 1960-61, on Rotary Foundation Fellowship, received Diploma in Law; thesis published on doctrine of common mistake in contract
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1963. Order of the Coif; Editor-in-Chief of Law Review
Employments and Partnerships
Law Clerk to Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1963-64, for Justice Arthur J. Goldberg
Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Illinois, associate 1964-69 and partner 1970-78
Smith Morgan & Ryan (later becoming Hackman McClarnon & McTurnan), Indianapolis, Indiana partner 1978-88
Merged into Bingham McHale, LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, partner and of counsel, 2008 - Oct. 2010
Current: Registered Indiana Mediator focusing on business disputes and cases; also counsel on selected projects and business disputes
Professional Activities and Honors
In Indiana:
"The Best Lawyers In America" (Indiana, listed in categories of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Business or Commercial Litigation, and Appellate Law) (approx. 1989-2013)
"Indiana SuperLawyers," in top 1% in Indiana (approx. 2004-2012)
"Chambers USA," listed in Leading Indiana Commercial Litigation Lawyers (approx. 2003-2012)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Faculty Member for Deposition Skills (approx. 1991-2013).
Indianapolis American Inn of Court (President, 2007-08)
Indianapolis Law Club (litigators) (President, 1988-90)
Local Rules Committee, U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind., 1995-2000
Indiana State Bar Association Committee on Improvements in the Judicial System, 1984-94
Seventh Circuit Bar Association Committee on Administration of Justice (Chairman, 1986-89)
Associate Special Counsel, Rhode Island Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline, proceedings regarding Chief Justice (summer, 1985)
Mediation Training, Indiana CLEF (40 hours, July 2010)
In Illinois:
Chicago Bar Association (CBA), Member Board of Managers (1977-78)
Chair of CBA Committees on the Judiciary (1974-75) and Administrative Law (1972-73)
Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA)Section on Public Utility and Transportation Law (1977-78)
Co-author of report by Joint ISBA-CBA Committee on Code of Judicial Conduct, report adopted by both Associations (1974)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Faculty member for Trial Skills programs and Deposition Skills programs (alternating years from approx. 2000-2013 in Chicago)
Legal Club of Chicago (non-resident member)
Bar Admissions
Indiana, 1978; Illinois, 1965; Cook County, 2010
Supreme Court of the United States, 1967
Seventh Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1966
United States District Courts, N.D. Ill. 1965, S.D. Ind. 1978; and N.D. Ind. 1978
Mediation Training
Indiana CLEF Mediation Training (40 hours; July, 2010)
Miscellaneous
Born: September 1937, New York, New York
Reared and secondary education: Bloomington, Illinois
Married: Susan C., 1969
Children: John McTurnan (Consultant to companies on technology strategies) and Sarah M. Steele (Lawyer Business Litigation). Both married and living in Chicago